shortly. but we continue with new details about a woman's tragic death in westminster. the jefferson county coroner says amanda kirshner was the woman killed. police say the operator sounded the horn, and braked, but she didn't hear it. a fort carson soldier has been killed in afghanistan. the u.s. department of defense says staff wilbur from illinois, died in kandahar friday in a non-combat incident. the 36-year-old was there as part of a mission called operation freedom sentinel. fort carson released a statement saying in part, it's always hard to lose a part of our military family. our thoughts and prayers are with staff sergeant christopher wilbur's family and friends. starting tomorrow,

the new two way bike lane. this means some changes for drivers as well. the area only has three traffic lanes. one of them was used to create the new bike lane, which also means the parking spaces have been pushed out. the change is already causing mixed feelings among business owners right in front of those new bike lanes. live on south broadway, what they're telling customers to expect tomorrow. >> reporter: the main thing they want to let drivers know is that there is still parking now not so close to the meters as they're used to. but this is not the first bike protected bike lane here in denver. we went to an area, where there's already a protected bike lane to talk to business owners and see what it's done for them. >> i really kind of wonder if it's going to be good or not. >> reporter: had stretch of south broadway isn't how it used to be. >> i don't know how the bicycle

>> reporter: bicyclests will have a two way lane all to themselves. protecting them from oncoming traffic. >> it's going to take a while for people to get used to it. >> reporter: lori gibbons is still considering how the changes may affect her business. >> on the good side, it could bring a lot of bike people. >> every person has asked me, can i park here? am i going >> reporter: other cities with protected bike lanes noticed an uptick in sales at retail stores. owners in new york so you their business nearly double. ? [ music ] ? >> reporter: we headed to 14th street in downtown denver, where there's a protected bike lane already up. we wanted to know what business owners there had to say about what to expect. >> i'd say look forward to it. >> reporter: jim can't yet tell whether the lanes have helped

he can say any concerns with parking are long gone. city leaders will wait to hear from the public before deciding how long to keep the lanes open on south broadway. in the meantime, all business owners here can do is wait. >> we'll see how it affects business. >> reporter: this city is going to give these lanes three months before they look at public input to see whether or not to extend the time they have these lanes extend the lanes all together. on the fire lert, we're keeping a close eye on the spring creek fire in mesa, and garfield counties. a new update shows the fire has grown to 621 acres. still only 21% contained. there are evacuation orders in place for people living near battle lake mesa. >> i know yesterday, they were concerned about the winds.

and near battle lake mesa, where this is burning, and house top on motain road, especially where the fire warning is in effect. we'll keep a close eye on that. but for the most part, it's been very dry across colorado. very dry for the western slope and here in denver. so we've had partly cloudy skies today. highs right around 90 degrees. we're still in the upper 80s and low 90s for the front range. we still have 70s toward blackhawk and netterland at ?his hour. tonight, we'll have 0 overnight lows in the upper 50s. partly cloudy, but big changes showing up on the seven-day forecast. i'll have all of those changes coming up in a few minutes. new video at 5:00, showing a dramatic rescue in baton rouge, louisiana, this weekend. a woman and her dog were trapped in that red car, you see sinking in the historic flood waters. rescuers tried breaking her car window, they couldn't do it.

through her cloth roof. he even dived back in to rescue her dog. leave the area. >> a night of violence in milwaukee after a deadly police shooting. today, the community is stuck cleaning up this giant mess left behind. businesses burned out, cars smashed, and charred. police identifying 23-year-old sillvan smith as the armed man they shot and killed. sparked protests and a standoff with officers in riot down, and that's when they shot him. a house in steamboat springs destroyed. just look at these photos. you can see the house was completely engulfed in flames overnight. the fire started to ignite nearby trees, so neighbors called 911. firefighters were on the scene for several hours fighting those flames, and once they got them out, she discovered natural gas had been fueling this fire. the gas was then shut off.

a dumpster outside the store at colfax and race caught fire in morning. denver fire put out the flames before they spread to a nearby building. the cause is still under investigation. denver water's new rate structure has people feeling the heat at the height of the summer long watering season. denver 7's amanda dell castilia >> i'm sure some people would be m that. but i'm not going to do that. i'm going to keep my grass green. >> reporter: sam has lived in denver for more than 30 years. he says he's used to reasonable increase. when denver was threatened with a drought, he was more conservative with his water % use. >> they said they didn't make enough money, because they didn't sell enough water, so they raised the ates. to me, that's a bit of a hypocrisy. >> reporter: denver water

3.8 revenue increase to fix pipes. people weren't anticipating the hike to be so drastic. heather has also seen a hike. >> i have to guess it's because of production. >> reporter: fewer inches of rain led to higher bills. >> what are you going to do? they have a monopoly. they have it, we want it, we pay for it. >> reporter: and now paying 25 to $30 more. i anything. i will just pay for it a little bit more each month. >> other water users tell our partners at the denver post, the new structure is leading customer who is use the least amount of water with more expensive bills. before water says those increases are because they're using more water. the spokesperson gave us this statement. there has been a 32% increase in water usage this year compared to last year and our rate structure is based on the

some people who do use a lot of water are seeing a decrease in their bill, and here's why. denver water originally had a 4 tiered billing system. people in the 1st tear use less water, and people in the 4th tear use the most. thousand there are only three tiers. they're in the 3rd, resulting in up to 30% decreases. vulgar graffiti drown around a stapleton park. we received the images denver 7 viewer. we're blurring out a lot of the images, because they're too bad to show on television. they painted racist, and homophobic pictures. >> i was actually surprised. very surprised to see it in this particular neighborhood. maybe more in the downtown area, but out here i wouldn't have expected that. >> we called police to follow up and see if those images have been covered up and if they

still waiting on a call back. denver 7 following breaking news in elizabeth. two people have been hurt in a roof collapse there. this is a look over the scene. two people were inside that small storage building, when the roof collapsed. one of those people was seriously hurt. >> reporter: yeah, critically hurt,,molly. take a look. i want to he show you what this shed looks like, or this outbuilding. two of the walls are still west wall, but the ro is laying on the ground, this building partially collapsed this afternoon. neighbors tell us that a husband and wife were out here demoing the shed. it's apparently and older shed. while they were in the process, the roof collapsed on top of the man, trapping him underneath. his wife called 911, and he had to be airlifted to an area hospital, presumably, sky ridge

but again, this building partially collapsed on top of a man, an older gentleman who lives out here, his wifeless also injured. she had minor injuries, she was transported to the hospital as well. as far as we know, right now, he's in critical condition.

a denver 7 traffic alert, sable if you can. the road is closed so crews can repa damaged wires. you can use mississippi, or chambers to get around that closure. it will be in place for a few days. there's also a closure on arapahoe road to watch out for. c-dot is closing the westbound lanes beneath i-25 tonight at 10:00. lane restrictions will start at 8:00 p.m. to prepare for that closure, that's whenofficials will also shut down the southbound i-25

bridge in that area. lanes should reopen tomorrow morning at 5:00. a new sidewalk art project has taken over parts of east colfax. take a look at this. local artists work with school students in denver's refugee unit, to paint a mural this morning. it's part of connecting the community with art project, funded by the denver arts and >> this is the funded campaign that actually was a sidewalk mural. the other campaigns have been crosswalks, intersections, buildings. so this is the first of its kind. >> the mural design includes the sate of colorado and denver flags, and columbine flower. hamburger mary's is coming

the new mile high hamburger mary's will sit in the old b side building. the popular lgbt hamburger chain, which started in san francisco, used to sit on 17th and washington, but those owners rebranded into uptown after failing to negotiate a new contract. the new restaurant is set for an early september opening. time for highlights from rio. spoiler alert. biles is winning competition today. the men's gymnastics team, finally scores a medal. over on the tennis courts, -?venus williams and her partne walked away with the silver medal in mixed doubles. adalyn gray's family will be cheering her on.

>> she's got a lot of medals like this. >> reporter: only one medal on their minds. >> we talk about america's best chance for a gold medal. >> reporter: adalyn gray's strength and focus shined through on the mat. a three time world champ in rio getting ready to wrestle for the gold. >> it's just a progression from okay, the excitement's here, the stress is here, and now i see her progressing into the i'm going to get ready to wrestle. >> reporter: meet parents, donna and george gray. they describe what it's like watching their daughter compete. >> we're like, moving. >> you don't want to seat next to me, because i get this high voice. and tears. my girls tease me all it's time. >> reporter: the oldest of four sisters, she started wrestling at age 6. throughout middle school and high school, she competed in tournaments with the boys. >> i think she earned a lot of respect with the boys, by, you

>> reporter: now the match of a lifetime. adalyn told us this, after we interviewed her for qualifying for the olympic team. >> i'm just so excited to just go out there and earn it. >> reporter: heading to rio, hoping to turn gray into gold. >> she's ready for it, and she's earned that title, of world champion, so now she can go out there and prove it one more time. >> gray will compete on thursday. she wants to inspire other girls to dream big and get into sports, even if that sport is heavily dominated by men. her parents also want the colorado high school state association to take more steps to get more girls involved in wrestling. town officials will be spraying for mosquitoes tomorrow and tuesday nights. the spraying will happen

has died from west nile. naturally bug free to help others make natural bug repellents. some of the common herbs are citronella, catnip, and i tried the natural way when i was camping last week, an i said, give me the chemicals. >> i hear a story coming on. probably not working out so great. just try to keep those mosquitoes off you. partly cloudy skies today in denver. just one cloud over the city at this point. as you look in the other direction toward the mountains, we have a little more cloud cover, but really, it's been very quiet, moisture wise across the state.

tonight, we'll continue with this dry scenario across the state. a few scattered showers well to our south. otherwise, stable air has moved in, so here around denver, it's been very quiet, just those clouds we just saw into the hills. otherwise, very quiet, and it has been, we see a few pop up showers and had one right here north of callahan. but that has disappeared. that's good news as well. a few poo up showers, then they it will be pretty much dry tonightthere around denver, then will will be warmer into tomorrow afternoon, then cooler air moves in by the end of this coming week. so we do have some changes on the seven-day forecast. but we are right around where we should be this time of the year. upper 80s for afternoon highss 57 last night for an overnight low. but the record, still 100 degrees. as you look outside now, temperatures in the upper 80s, to around 90 degrees. high pressure is going to be

high pressure, kind of dominates, spreads out, and doesn't allow any storminess to come into our area. that's what's going to be happening the next couple of days. we'll have temperatures into the 60s overnight tonight. then into the low 90s to mid-90 tomorrow afternoon in the denver area. even through tomorrow morning, it's going to be very quiet and dry here. a few high clouds moving on in. like 2:00 tomorrow afternoon, a few scattered showers trying to develop here, off to our west, into the foothills, but really come together for that. and i think we'll remain dry here in denver, but a few scattered showers developing across the eastern plains in the heat of the day tomorrow afternoon, and even into tuesday. pretty quiet weather as well. 57degrees overnight. partly cloudy skies. it will be nice with light winds, then tomorrow, highs in the low to mid-90s. it will be sunny and dry for the afternoon. for our highs tomorrow, we'll have mid-90s for the western slopes.

elevations. and 80s and 90s here for the front range and the plains. seven-day forecast keepp us in the 90s one more day. upper 80s tuesday, and wednesday, with slight chances for scattered afternoon thunderstorms. i think our best chance is on thursday. then down to 80 degrees on friday. weekend as well. overnight lows in the upper 50s. for the time being, some nice quite weather here as we start to transition out of our summer this fall-like weather. >> don't say that. i'm not ready for summer to be over yet, but i feel it every time i step out, and the days are getting a little shorter, a little cooler. >> change is on the way. >> i can feel it, thanks stacey. looking for a free lyft? new you can catch one. how the free rides are supposed to help getting more people ride the rtb llght rail.

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free lyft rides in centennial. brendaliss gonzales learned more about the test program and had a look. >> reporter: getting here to catch a ride can be a challenge. >> bus service is limited, on this side of town. >> reporter: because of the lack of bus service, jeremy depends on rtd's call in ride shuttle to get here. but service is limited, so in some cases, he >> reporter: starting next week, he may not have to. they're partnering with the denver south transportation management association to pay for your lyft ride, to and from their dry creek station. it's the first city in the nation to offer free lyft rides, and they hope the 6th month trial will have more teem riding. for now, only people within a certain radius from the station will get to use the service.

hopes someone else will keep the program going. maybe even expand it. >> get people off the roads into more public transportation. >> reporter: services should begin by wednesday afternoon. >> it will be awesome. >> that program launches on wednesday, and that's when you can download the app if you're interested in trying it out. >>westaying on top of that breaking news. two people have been hurt in a roof collapse we know one man was sear

denver 7 following breaking news in elizabeth. two people have been hurt after a storage building c russell,hat have you learned about what happened? >> reporter: molly, take a look. right away i want to show you what this looks like. there's a shed that's partially collapsed right there. the north wall and the west wall are still standing, but you can see the roof is on the ground. here's what neighbors say happened. they say the wife and the husband were out here dismantling this shed. it's apparently an older shed. they were taking it apart. as they were doing that, the

critically injured, fight for life came. they had to transport him to an area hospital. again, at last word, he's in critical condition. the roof also partially hit the wife as it was coming down. she had minor injuries. neighbors describe it as a frantic scene. the wife was yelling for help, and screaming for help as this happened. again, one man transported with criticalliers. we'll keep you updated as this unfolds. >> thank you, russell. right now, the arapahoe county sheriff's office is looking for four people wanted in connection to a mariiuana dispensary robbery. this happened on east yale, near south monaco. three men and a masked woman, robbed the dispensary. a dry, warm day for us here across the front range, just a

no rain to speak of, even up in the higher elevations, we've also had partly cloudy skies. beautiful weather conditions herr across our area, and as we go into tonight, we will continue to hang on to partly cloudy skies. and our overniggt lows will fall into the 50s and 60s, into this evening. but some big changes on the way with the seven-day forecast. we'll talk more about that coming up in just a few minutes. thank you, stacey. expect some major changes driving along six blocks of south broadway in denver. starting tom wants will have a new two way lane to ride there, which is going to impact traffic. brendaliss is live in denver. what are business owners in the area saying about this? >> reporter: molly, they're not quite sure what to expect just yet, but it's a major change for drivers. not only will you park here near the meters. this is where the bike lanes go. you're going to be more toward this side.

barrier between the bicyclists and oncoming vehicles. this seems to be a concept that isn't new to denver. in fact, in other cities it seems to have worked. studies in salt lake city and new york city show an increase in retale sales at shops near protected bike lanes. while bus owners say it's too early to tell whether it's helped or lane serves its purposes. to know whether to extend it for at least another year. meanwhile, business owners here say all they can really do is wait and see. >> it's going to take a while for people to get used to it. especially a two-way lane being in the ride side. i don't know. i think that could be a little bit crazy. >> reporter: a handful of

concerned about the parking situation, worried whether or not drivers will be discouraged and head some place else. for the most part, most people around here say it's a good thing. brendaliss gonzalez, denver 7. paving work started today between i470 and the jefferson terminal. it's part of the rehabblitation work crews do most of the work will be done overnight. the project should be finished by late fall. starting tomorrow, sewer line work. westbound lanes will be closed between bannock and broadway for that work. during peak travel times, three lanes will stay open for traffic, other times, only two lanes will be open. some hope for people who

employment gave solar energy international, a company based on the western slope, $400,000 to train workers furloughed from other energy sector jobs. according to our partners, the denver post, the program hopes to train about 350 people in the solar industry. start up businesses have their own start up week. now local profits will have their own week. this week is denver gives week. programs to help nonprofits get and stay on their feet. coming up tonight at 10:00, a warning for your kids after high levels of led were found in the water supply at jefferson county elementary school. tonight, what the school district has to say bout those new test results. it's something many of us would only see during shark week. a group of fishermen capturing

over a million ears of corn are picked a day here in olathe, colorado. and i'm glad we have a senator who uses his ears to listen to what's most important to colorado farmers. michael bennet asked what he could do to help, and then worked with republicans to make a farm bill that's making a difference to all farmers in colorado. the thing that impresses me most about michael bennet: we don't always agree, but he values our input.

i'm michael bennet and i approve this message. it's something ost of us would only ever see during discovery channel's shark week. >> look at >> here it comes. taking a bite. >> monstrous. >> a fisherman in massachusetts, capturing video of three massive great white sharks, feeding on a whale carcass just feet away from his boat. out on what was supposed to be a tuna fishing trip. h estimates the largest of the sharks was at least 16 feet. well over the width of his boat. >> you really had to be there

bites that were this wide and that big out of the side. >> they never reeled in any tuna, but said this sight made for a successful trip. a horrible mishap caught on dash cam video. a woman run over by her own car in washington state. don't worry, she does walk away from this. the man who saw her, walked out to get her gas cap, then the suv starts to roll forward. she grabs can't get it under control. she falls, and it rolls over both of her legs. the woman was okay, checked over by pediatrics. temperatures in upper 80s

i'm denver 7 meteorologist stacey donaldson, partly cloudy skies here over the denver metro area. not much to speak of in the way of rainfall across the state. it has been very quiet as more stable air has been settling on in. at the memorial gorge bridge, very busy today, with all the nice weather in that direction. a few scattered showers well to our south, down toward the southern border of colorado.

just a few clouds into the foothills at this point. we just saw that on the camera. for our satellite radar picture, down to the south, a few scattered showers popping up, just to the west of colorado springs. otherwise, no shower activity around anymore around the limon arra. it will be dry tonight in the denver area. warmer on monday. then a cool down coming by the end of this coming week. so we'll be right around 80 degrees by the time friday. for today, we hit 89 degrees for this afternoon. 88 is ormal. 100, the record set back in 1962. so we have some 750s up into the foothills, and the higher elevations at this point. 86 for city park. 82 for parker. 89 for fort lupton. what we're going to see in the next 48 hours, high pressure, it will stay warm, and it will stay dry at least for the most part. we may have a few scattered showers slipping underneath

plains tomorrow afternoon. otherwise tonight, partly cloudy skies, temperatures in the 60s overnight, and then tomorrow, we'll be back into the upper 80s, low 90s throughout the afternoon. so our future cast going in through tonight and tomorrow morning. this will be 10:30 tomorrow morning. nice, sunny conditions here throughout the i-25 corridor. noo off to the west, we may see a few pop up showers into the foothills. a understand the higher elevations, i think they'll be high based storms that try to develop, so not a whole lot of moisture coming in with them. then as i mentioned here showers here are possible for the eastern plains. but it's about a 20% chance of that happening. as for our overnight lows this evening we'll have upper 50s, partly cloudy skies. nice conditions. tomorrow, right around 94 here in denver, sunny and dry. mid-90s for the western slope. mid-90s here in denver, and mid-

temperatures into the 80s for most of this week. i think we'll have a better chance on thursday, as a cold front rolls through. we'll hit 88 thursday afternoon, then only 80 on friday. some cooler air moving in, and that will take us into the weekend, highs in the low 80s. sunday, being our bright spot, 80 degrees and partly cloudy skies. one more warm day, and things start to change on the day forecast, as cool things down. >> 80s are going to be really pleasant. the calm before the storm. >> yes, things are going to heat up. quarterbacks will be under the microscope this week. i'll explain why. charlie blackmon did it again,

welcome to 7sports xtra. i'm arran andersen. 3 and a half weeks until broncos panthers, the super bowl rematch. we still don't know who will start at quarterback but the competition gets interesting

the broncos off today. wednesday, thursday, niners in town for joint practices. both quarterbacks played well against the bears on thursday, but you've got to give sanchez the edge, because he tossed the lone touchdown pass. paxton lynch, number 3 on the depth chart also looked good. gary kubiak pleased with what he's seen in live action. >> they played good. all three of them i thought played good. you kn, turnover, our decision making was good. i thought we were accurate. we through for i think like 70 plus percentage as a group, three guys. so good things. >> i saw a quarterback that's determined that wants to go out and make plays. i saw the same out of turner, and the same out of paxton. i think you guys stay tuned to see who keeps making plays.

l.a. were chanting spruce, after nellson spruce. the cu product had catches in the rams game winning drive. he also had a touchdown that was key for their comeback. spruce has become a ffn favorite, and a team favorite, after signing on as an undrafted free agent. he has also caught the attention of the ram's head coach, that being jeff fisher. >> he's got win games. he's talented. you look at what he did in college, setting the pac-12 record is pretty impressive we thought that since well before the draft. >> this could be a great story. this one won't have a happy ending.. rockies reeling. they've dropped 9 of 11.

fading in the distance. chuck is red hot. everybody else ice cold. 9th, game over, the rockies swept in the city of brotherly love. the raptors earned a point in l.a. it looked like they might get three of them, when gashi unleashed this laser. the galaxy responded a few minutes later be and -- and that's how it ended. 1-1. >> i think it's a point won, and more importantly, denying l.a. a chance to get all three. i think, listen, you know, we have to grind every weekend to get to where we are. nothing comes easy. nothing is taken for granted. and we're extremely pleased with the result. >> good point, pablo. time for our final fishing colorado segment. i know, time flies.

the mack truck of freshwater fish. they're big, strong, and smart, and can be found everywhere. you probably never even thought about trying to catch them. what are they? we have the answer in this week's fishing colorado, presented by sportsman's warehouse. >> here we go. here we go. >> we literally view this as the ultimate sport fish of the united states. it's a bigger fish. it's harder fighting. somehow, over the years, it's transferred into this fish, or this dumb fish. in reality, they're hard to catch. they're a beautiful fish, but again, people think of them as not the best fish, they're not pretty. it couldn'' be further from the truth. >> reporter: nathan thinks carp get a bad rap. like soccer, they're popular worldwide, but have yet to catch on here in the u.s. >> people are almost set to not have f, it's a carp, i'm not going to enjoy it. after three or four fish, this

everybody loves a hard fight, and these what these fish provide. >> reporter: dawn is a great time to find them. dough balls made of maple syrup in serial. the go to bait is scented corn. >> generically speaking, scent is where it's about. you want to have an extreme amount of scent in the water. there's no doubt, you've got to have it right on them. we've almond, coconut, maple, pepper mint. >> reporter: cast your line out, and wait. >> as soon as this thing beeps, all hell breaks. when they touch that corn, they're screaming and are in panic mode. all you do is hold on. >> reporter: yes, you're going to need heavy tackle. >> so it straightened the hook out? >> yeah.

where these carp hold the energy absolutely until the end. >> honestly, this is the most fun fishing i've had in colorado. >> you've got to give it a try. the hardest fighting fish, most people ever have in their life. >> got another one. >> reporter: reporting for 7sports xtra, i'm aaron anderson. nathan says carp fishing is quickly becoming one of his most popular trips. from catching carp to the catch of eat your heart out, steve bartman. check out this yankee's fan who swiped a ball bare handed. in all honestly, the guy didn't do anything wrong. the ball s in foul territory. anybody's souvenir. security didn't mess around,

final check of that forecast. >> yeah, looks pretty good the next couple of days. still war, then we start to cool things down by the end of the week. slight chances for rain into tuesday and wednesday. i think we'll have good chances for showers, thursday as the cold front comes through. >> those overnight lows, pretty mellow. >> right. it's nice to get outside, maybe take a walk. walk the dog, do some barbequing. >> or just have the window open. cool things down. whole apartment. thanks for rubbing it in. really claustrophobic in there. we'll see you back here at 10:00 everybody.

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